Daily Republican., 1887-07-18
MONDAY, JULY Is, 1887.
Our Peach Crop.

The railroad companies having made
their estimate OF the peach crop and
having given their figures, We may
that We have returns now ap-
proxlm ating closely the real crop.
8 I'LL the crop u not safe BY any means
nor will It DO 90 until 1t 10 sold and the
money in the growers' pockets. B1gs
may cat the peach, storms may rot aud |
blow them from the trees, hot snd dry
weather may blight them, and other |
things may occur 10 prevent the gath
ering OF the crop now on the trees. Toe
esLimate made by the railroad com
pAny Of peaches to be shipped by rail-
and for which the company 10 making
arrangements, amounts in the ssgre'
gate to ., 358, 1888 baskets, mot quite one.
third OF . crop compared with 1876.
when II reached over seven million
baskets, but larger than 1t WAS several
seasons thereafter. The figures given
sho Y that New Castle County has lost
Its grip as the leading peach county In
the SAFE. Ktrkwooi and Mt. Pleas.
ant, are only accredited with 6 400 bask-
cts. The neigh borhood OF KIRK wood
and 81. Georges in the early days OF
the Delaware railroad, RAISED the lar
gest crop, In the State. Then M.
PleasAnt took the lead, and Armstrong
and Mtddle.own followed. Armstrong
has entirely disappeared from the rail-
.osd estimate, and Middle .own from
It's former l75. 900 hAs fallen to So. 700.
The peach seems to be dying out In
New Castle County.
The whole estimate accredited 10
that County is only 11S. $50 baskets.
As the peach decays and gradually
passes away from New Castle County,
1t has increased in Ksns County until
II may now be said TO be In the smith
OF Its prosperity. The mum ber OF oAsk
ets esti mated for that county Is 708. 100
Clay ION, which includes Smyrna, 4!
credited with l29, 800 baskets and Bsen
ford, only three miles below, with 81,
200. The heart of the peach dissrio
seems TO centre around Wyoming with
I75,4OO baskets, while Dover, thre'
miles to the north, has 48, 200, AND
Woodside three miles south, has S5. ls0
To X Ksnt County must be accorded th'
honor OF being the banner peAct
County OF the STATE and to Wyoming
the honor Of being the banner psacl
district Of the Coun'y.
To Sussex County, the est,ma,e
90,445 baskets 10 accredited, maxim
it the second peach County In the State
Bridgevllle is credited with 81 800 an
L,urAl with $4,000, they being th
leading shipping points. In fe'
years more the peach may have wane
In Kant County and may make SUISSE
tie centre OF its prolific sourcep.
add to the grand aggregate, the q 1ee
Aune and X ,nt Railroad brings U
25l,7 baskets TO Townsend.
The Delaware s. Chesapeake Raj
road contrlo outes 352. 900 baskets to ii
shipments at Clayton. The Delawar
Maryland g. Virginia Railroad, form
erly the J anc.ion & Break water, star
$50, 0G5 bask ats from Harrington. Tt
Cam orldgs s. SeAsord Railroad brini
%, $50 baskets up to Stafford and 9th
lateral branch roads bring In ia .0'
baskets from other points.
Z pom the whole the crop Is . mode
ate one, aud one which will be very l
munerAtive to the growers 1: no.h!l
unforeseen happens 10 IL before 1t
saved. Toe full estimate OF the or
oy stations and lateral railroads will
seen In our local columns.